Genus: Bishops RICH, FLANNERY, TRUSLER, KOOL, van KLAVEREN, & VICKERS-RICH, 2001
Etymology: In honor of the late Dr. Barry Bishops, former chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society, who together with Dr. Frank Whitmore, former Vice chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, steadfastly held to the opinion that fossil ammals and birds would eventually be recovered in the Australian Mesozoic if the objectives of the Ghastley Blank project were pursued for a sufficiently long period of time.

Species: whitmorei RICH, FLANNERY, TRUSLER, KOOL, van KLAVEREN, & VICKERS-RICH, 2001
Etymology: In honor of Dr. Frank Whitmore.

Holotype: NMV P210075

Locality: Shore platform at Flat Rocks, Bunarong Marine Park, near Iverloch, 38?39;40 +- 02”S, 145?40’52 +- 03”E, World Geodetic Standard 1984, Victoria State, Australia.

Horizon: Wonthaggi Formation, Strezelecki Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Aptain Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Right mandible fragment preserved from beneath of the m2to the anterior part of ascending ramus, m2 badly damaged and p3 slightly dammated. Other teeth in excellent condition.

Referred material:

NMV P208484: Right mandible fragment preserved from beneath the m2 to the anterior part of ascending ramus, m2 well preserved, alveoli of m3 present.

NMV P209975: Right mandible fragment preserved from midpoint to p6 to rear of base of ascending ramus with posterior root of p6, buccal region and the talonid and roos of M1 and heavily worn crowns of m2-3 preserved.

NMV P210070: Somewhat crushed right mandible extensively damaged in the region of the p6 and lower molars, complete except for dorsal tip of ascending ramus, distal part of the angular process and anterior end of horizontal ramus with t6 premolars, 3 molars, 4 alveoli anterior to the preserved teeth.